Action #070

Give as you go

This action has been done 1,938 times which means roughly £982,333.44 is being donated to charity a year.

One for the workplace: Ask the people in finance about giving to a charity through your monthly pay packet. Admit it- you've always wanted an excuse to go up and talk to that strangely attractive person who joined a few months ago. Tell them you want to opt on to a payroll giving scheme. If you do this, they're gonna be thinking 1) you're a nice person, 2) you're good at maths, and 3) you're earning enough money to be able to be generous. That's not a bad first impression. Hell, we even fancy you a bit.

FYI: A monthly £10 payroll donation could cost as little as £6.

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Tasha Oneill did this action
I give a little cause I only get a little..
I am only on income support (benefits) as it has been hard to find a job I could get where I live n I am also now pregnant..I would love to give more money to charity but unfourtuantely paying the bills,getting the bus,feeding myself and genrally living adds up to quite alot. As a rule I shop for the things we need at charity shops, and I have also started to buy items that are for cleaning n the like from oxfam as they sell really enviromentaly n ethical products. All of the babys things so far have been bought second hand either at charity shops,ebay and gumtree aswell. I have been donating £3 a month to the wwf for about 2 years now. Until this xmas I just gave £3 as a genral donation but as a xmas present for my partner I adopted him a tiger which is also a £3 donation. This meant that my partner who loves tigers n would love to have a pet tiger got to have a nice unique gift and a nice tiger teddy that he loves as part of the gift,and I am giving money to help tigers :). I think that next year when the donation can end for the tiger I may go back to just giving a genral donation as the wwf do an awful lot of work for the enviroment,people and animals so is a perfect charity for me to regualy donate to as they are the only one I support without a charity shop! 17 April 2011, 20:37
Ali Tucker did this action
I wish the NSPCC wasn't necessary ..
.. but sadly it is, so help them. £10 nowadays is less than a takeaway, so dump one takeaway treat and eat in and think how your £10 could be helping a new life have a better start in THIS country. 01 June 2010, 11:28
richy did this action
re-cycle
i went to a dummp on sunday to see what it looked like.it looked horrieble.i went how and though ho half as many stuff would not be here only if we re-cycled.reading that book changed my whole life around. every nigh i switch the eletric's from he main boxs so then we will not waste eletriceaty.so the everyone in the world can have elerisaty. by ruben 16 December 2008, 15:14

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Geared for giving
Being Geared for Giving means giving to good causes at work, direct from your salary, tax free.

http://www.gearedforgiving.com/index.php
Business in the Community
Business in the Community is one of The Prince's Charities. They inspire, engage, support and challenge their member companies to improve their positive impact on society.

http://www.bitc.org.uk/
Charities Aid Foundation
CAF is a registered charity that works to create greater value for charities and social enterprise, helping to create a society motivated to give more effectively.

http://www.cafonline.org/Default.aspx
In Kind
In Kind Direct encourage manufacturers and retailers to donate their high quality surplus for distribution to good causes.

http://www.inkinddirect.org/
Payroll giving Centre

The Payroll Giving Centre is a comprehensive online information centre about Payroll Giving aimed at businesses, charities and the general public. This site hosts free guidance materials, promotional literature and useful links to help you make the most of Payroll Giving.

http://www.payrollgiving.co.uk/
Penny On
Penny On is a way of fundraising by collecting your pennies - one penny on every thing you buy, allowing everyone to effortlessly give. And in turn those pennies go to projects at home and abroad.

http://www.pennyon.com/
Every Click

The easy way to give change to charity

http://www.everyclick.com/
Extraordinary ones

This scheme encourages diners at restaurants to add 20p to their bill, to go to charity. 'When you eat - they eat'.

http://www.extraordinaryones.co.uk/

about giving
- Looking at the whole population (both givers and non-givers), donations have more than doubled – from £0.96 per week in 1978 to £2.36 per week in 2008.
- Looking only at givers, donations have gone up three-fold – from £3.05 per week in 1978 to £8.66 per week in 2008.
- Households today give 0.4 per cent of their expenditure to charity, exactly the same as they did in 1988.
- The poorest 10% of givers donate 3.6 per cent of their total spending to charity, compared with 1.1% for the richest 10 per cent.
- Looking only at givers, donations have gone up three-fold – from £3.05 per week in 1978 to £8.66 per week in 2008.

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Action #070

Give as you go

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I wish the NSPCC wasn't necessary ..

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